Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer

Bishop of Regensburg, Germany

Motto: Christus In Vobis Spes Gloriae

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Oct 1959		Born
17 Jun 1987	27.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
6 Dec 2012	53.1	Appointed	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
26 Jan 2013	53.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany

MicroData Summary
Rudolf Voderholzer
Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer
(born 9 Oct 1959)
Bishop of Regensburg

Ad Limina - November 2015: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place München, Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich}
Ordained Bishop Sankt Peter, Cathedral, Regensburg, Diocese of Regensburg

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Regensburg.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Friedrich Cardinal Wetter
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Principal Consecrator:
Reinhard Cardinal Marx
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller
Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Bishop František Radkovský
Bishop of Plzeň

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Reinhard Cardinal Marx (1996)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Johannes Joachim Degenhardt † (1968)
Archbishop of Paderborn
Lorenz Cardinal Jäger (Jaeger) † (1941)
Archbishop of Paderborn
Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo † (1922)
Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Josef Graf (2015)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Tomáš Holub (2016)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 64841507
WikiData: Q488501

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 6 Dec 2012
ob: CB, 10 Dec 2012
c2+: CB, 12 Dec 2012
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 213, Number 17,649

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